Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Rome - Capuchin Crypt

 While Tina and Scarlett napped Pieter and I wandered west of where we are staying to the Capuchin Friary which is home to the Ossuary / Crypt that contains "art" made out of around 4000 Capuchin monks. Pictures aren't allowed but we snuck a few with Pieter's phone until an Italian guard saw us and got mad "No Photo! No Photo". There were 6 or so rooms filled with floor to ceiling bone art including sculptures, burial niches, wall patterns, and chandeliers. In the one photo you can see me on the side trying to shield Pieter to take a quick photo.


The small skeletons at the bottom were children from the Barberini family and the central one on the ceiling was either a small man or teen:



This guy didn't want anyone taking his rosary:



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